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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23
A New York Woman's Work.

A lady well known in New York socie-
ty as the wife of a prominent banker, and
distinguished likewise for her artistic tai
ents, has invented a new kind of work
that is likely to become popular with those
whose tastes lie in the same direction,
and who are, perhaps, tired of the con-
ventional methods of painting. She has
imported from abroad quantity of the
material employed in the manufacture of
tapestry. Upon this canvas she paints a
design in exact imitation of the style and
coloring of old Gobelin. The effect is
remarkably striking, and the observer
seems, in regarding it, to gaze upon an
ancient and musty treasure from foreign
palace. The work is done in ordinary
water colors, the tints, being, of course,
especially selected for the purpose, while
the drawing can be copied from any APP
propriate picture and enlarged to suit the
fancy. The sketch should first be made
upon paper, then placed over the canvas
and the outlines picked through by means
of a very sharp lead pencil. This is nee
essary to insure absolute accuracy in the
drawing, as it is impossible to erase line
once made upon the material A room
paneled with tapestry of this sort makes
a charming appearance, though it neces-
states considerable labor and expense
Mail and Express
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23
SoMe Old Sunday Customs.

DIR. Eggleston contributes a paper on
"Church and Meeting house Before the
Revolution" to the Century. From it we
quote as follows: 'In Connecticut, per-
haps more than anywhere else, Sunday
was a sort of popular idol, nor did the
rigor of its observance abatc perccptibly
until long after the Revolution. This ex-
IRENE scrupulosity about Sabbath keeping
was doubtless the moving cause of the
building of the Sabbath day houses :"
these were little shanties standing on the
mcctinghousc green, each intended to ac-
commodate family during the interval
between the two services. Some Sabbath
day houses were built with stall at one
end to shelter the horse, while the family
took refuge at the other, where there was
a chimney and a meagre furniture of rude
seats and table. Here ON arrival before
the first service the owners lighted fire
and deposited their luncheon, and to this
camp-likc place they came back to eat
their doughnuts and thaw themselves out
after their first long sitting in the arctic
climate of the meeting house. Sometimes
two families had Sabbath day house to-
gether; sometimes there were two rooms
in Sabbath-day house, that the sexes
might sit apart, for nothing so agreeable
as converse between boys and girls was
permitted during the consecrated time.
But some parishes in Massachusetts,, and
perhaps elsewhere, had a common moon
house" for all corners to rest in. Fireside
assemblages on Sunday, whether in the
parsonage or the noon house, were in dan
ger of proving delightful to those who
were prone to enjoy the society of other
human beings, and hence the pastors
"were put upon their best contrivances"
to have most of the interval between the
services filled up with the reading aloud
of edifying books and other exercises cal
culated to keep the mind in becoming
ly irksome frame -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23
Lace-Making.

The thread comes entirely from Not
thingham, as no sufficiently fine ma
chine-made thread can be found in
Belgium; while the cost of the fine
handmade thread used for Brussels
lace is so enormous as to make it use
less for any but the finest laces. 1t is
spun in dark underground rooms, from
flax grown at Hal and Rebccq- Rognon /;
and has been known to fetch the astound-
ing price of $500 Fer pound. The thread
and the patterns are supplied by the lace
manufacturers, for whom all the work is
done; and the dentellieres are not allowed
to sell an inch of it themselves. They are
paid by the piece, and a miserable pit
lance they earn. A very vaillantc worker,
by working from7 A. NJ. to ! :30P. NJ, can
earn one franc twenty-five centimes IL
day; but this is not often done. The
sister showed us the best work er
in the school, a gentle, bright looking
girl of twenty-five, with beautiful
hands-as indeed they all have-and
STOPPING, contracted figure alas. they
all have also. She was making "A mag
nificent piece of Valcncicnne., about seven
inches wide, deeply scalloped, with a
large spray of closely worked flowers in
each scallop. We asked how much she
could do in the week, and she answered ::
zone pattern" about seven or eight
inches; that is to say, barely yard in a
month. From the art Journal for March,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23

The Washington Sunday Gazette says
that Colonel James ii. Mari, Chief Clerk
in the First Assistant Postmaster Generals
office, and Judge James Lawrenson have
been continuously in the service of the
Postofiice Department for more than fifty
seven years. 1.-THE phenomenal length
of service of these two men has been for
years appropriately recognized. In Mr.
Marr's case the salary has been fixed by
special act of Congress at $500 per year
more than any other man would get in
the same position, his name being very
specifically mentioned in the appropria-
tion." Judge Lawrenson "has served
under thirty-one different Postmasters-
General. He has seen the Department
grow from a handful of clerks to its pres.
eut huge proportions. He was appointed
as Democrat, and is a Democrat STILL
BY virtue of his Office as a notary public
he has administered the oath of office to
al! the Postmasters-Ge for the past
fifty years. When Mr.. Villas became the
head of that Department he was sworn
in by another notary. The old gentle
man felt so badly about it that Mr. Villas,
upon being apprised of the fact, sent for
Judge Lawrenson, ana second time took
the oath, in order that the record might
not be broken -
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23

The Emperor William will make Queen
Victoria jubilee present of set of
Dresden yellow ware. The service con-
sists of 2ss large 100 small plates, and
seventy-two dishes of all sizes, besid, s
turecns, sauce-boats and fruit dishes. The
centre piece for flowers and fruit will be
surmounted bya statuettc of the Queen,
and will be embellished with medallion
portraits in relief-white on gold-of the
members of the royal family of England.
The plates, also, will each be decorated
with five medallions, containing either
allegorical pictures recalling memorable
incidents in the Victorian era, or portraits
of celebrities of the Queens reign.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23
Preventing Wrinkles.

Wrinkles are the bette noire of ladies
who have lost the freshness of youth, and
the feminine world has long sought some
harmless means of graduating them
Wrinkles are due to the gradual wearing
away of flesh underneath the cuticle. Why
does it wear away Because the facial
muscles have either too little or the wrong
kind of exercise. 1t will be observed that
wrinkles usually take downward course
This is due to the wrong kind of eXer-
else. What exercise? Why the washing
and wiping of the face, to be sure. Re-
verse the process, and, instead of rubbing
the face down in washing and wiping,
always rub upward. This will have the
effect of counteracting the tendency of
the flesh to depart from under the cuticle
and will keep the face free from wrinkles
1t is rather an awkward habit to acquire
at first, but perseverance will make it sec
ond nature and the result is worth many
pains. This exercise is designed partic-
ularly for the benefit of the eyes and the
upper portion of the checks. Then, for
the middle and lower portion of the face,
where hollowncss rather than wrinkles
is often noted, another plan must be
taken. The facial muscles are subjected
to very slight activity in the ordinary
exertions of eating and talking. To fill
the checks out plump and round it is
necessary to develop the muscles there
These muscles are very slight at the best,
and any special effort well directed will
increase them in capacity and size. An
excellent exercise for this purpose is this ::
Take piece of soft leathcr-kid or
chamois skin will do-and put the end of
it between the teeth; then chew gently
upon it for several minutes, taking care
not to raise the teeth from the leather. If
the teeth are raised it will bring into play
only the ordinary muscles of mastication,
whereas the purpose is TO develop those
that are seldom used. One who tries this
method will find the cheek going through
queer action that is anything but grace
full and pretty; nevertheless, it is i'm
menscly effective and will restore to its
youthful plumpness even the most hollow
cheek. Try it faithfully and you will be
convinced - Toledo Blade.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23
Bill Nye.

Bill Nye, the Western humorist, was in
the city the other day. He is tall,
lank, smooth-faced, bald headed sinner
who wears glasses and is as mild and
pleasant as shepherd dog. He began
his career as writer in Wyoming, where
he was first heard of as the editor, pro-
prietor and manager of paper called
the Boomerang. He had first tried his
hand at mining, and in the course of his
experience became possessed of mule
which he called Boomerang. When he
dropped into journalism he honored his
faithful, long, eared partner by comforting
his name on the paper. At least that's
what Bill says. By the way, his name is
not Bill, but Edgar w. Nye, and he is
one of the most domestic men in the
country. He is particularly fond of his
babies, and, like all humorits, is as full
of pathos as woman. But he can tell
a dialect story as we'll as any man on this
revolving footstool. York World.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23

The Chinese are mild-mannered race,
but they draw the line at banking irrcgu-
larities. When the recent failure of the
Tung Lung bank at Hong Kong was made
public, crowd of excited depositors
stormed the building, ransacked it from
top to bottom, and carried off and de-
stroyed everything contained in it. This
is shorter and perhaps more profitable
way of declaring a dividend than the one
usually pursued in occidental communi-
ties. On this occasion it is not stated
whether the officers of the bank were
among the assets. The probability is that
they fled to the Montreal of China, wher
ever that may be.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23

The provisional stamps issued by the
towns in the Confederate States have a
market value, used or unused, from 80
cents to $3.50. The Scent and 10-cent
black of Goliad, Texas, issue of 1861, are
worth 800. The 2-cent black, issue of
1861, of Mobile, Ala, is worth, new, $35 :;
used, $50. The Scent blue of Mobile,
Ala, issue of 1861, is worth $3.50, used.
The Scent blue of Charleston, s. c., is
sue of 1861, used or unused, is worth
$3.50. The Scent red issue of 1881 of
Knoxville, Tenn, is worth $3.50. The
5-cent blue, issue of 1861, of Lynchburg,
Va, is worth, new, $40. The scent red
2-cent blue, issue of 1861, of Memphis,
Tenn, are worth 81 each, if new. The
2-cent blue and 2-cent red of New Or
leans, La, issue of 1861, arc worth, new,
$3.50 each, and the Scent red, issue of
1861, Of Petersburg, Va, is worth, new,
$6.-New York World.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23
The Generals Bad Wound.

The General stamped briskly on the
tiled floor with his left foot ~ don't
doubt it," he said. 'It's really remark
able how anything will heal up on a
sound man. In '63 l got a bayonet
wound through the ieshy part of that
leg, above the knee. That was o small
matter in itself, but set out for the hos
pital by schooner instead of waiting for
a steam vessel We should have been
two days on the voyage, but the wind
gave out, and it took lis thirteen. There
wasn't doctor on board, and when we
got to port that leg was about ready to
crawl away. The surgeon looked at it
and said: You'll have to take ch!oro-
form while cleanse this NO, l won't, ,
said l; Just have them make me six
cocktails When they were made l had
them set in row beside me. He took a
silk handkerchief and drew it through
the wound, bringing out nerves, tendons,
muscles, maggots and all. had the OPP
Grafton timed, and at regular intervals
while it was going on took the six cock
tails. I'll admit that came pretty near
fainting. After that two young sawbones
came and said they were going to
take my leg off. l had an Irish Ser
geant on whom 1 thought could de-
pend, and said: Tim, if these gentle
men don't get out within five minutes,
put them out 'Bedad, l wull, sir, he
said, and he said it in such way that
they left. The wound healed al right, as
you see," the General concluded, "but I'd
have brighter financial future if it
hadn't. I'm going to get SIG, 900 pension
arrears next month for my other wounds,
and if I'd lost the leg, of course there
would be few thousand more coming to
me. n--Philadelptia Press.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23

One of the auditors of the Treasury De-
partment, who had rented a house in a
fashionable quarter of Washington, was
surprised to discover, when the end of
the month rolled around, that his land
lord was none other than one of the mes
sengers of his Bureau. Further inquiry
developed the fact that the latter had
been loaning money through the depart
ment to impecunious clerks and Others,
extorting in return an interest of 10 per
cent. month. The ex-messenger claims
to have kept $40, 600 in constant circula-
ton, which, dcducting losses, netted
him profit of about $S,OO0a year.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23

A Grasshopper and Bug met on the
Kings Highway by Chance, and the Bug,
Who in Truth was tine-looking Insect,
surveyed the Grasshopper for awhile in
Disdain and then Observed:
IF l had your Legs should want to
Shoot myself Why on Earth Nature
Made you in the Shape She did is more
than can Cooper"
Just then Horse came galloping along
the Road, and the Grasshopper evaded
Death only by quick Spring, such as
Nature designed him to Make. The Bug,
handsome in Looks but Slow in Move
ment, was Crushed to a jelly under an
iron-shod Hoof, and Schoolma'am who
came Along just then remarked: moral
Never go back on a fow-Legged man. "
- Detroit Free Pres.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23

Honduras is reported to be making
rapid strides in substantial development.
The national debt is being reduced,
schools, colleges and telegraph lines are
being established, and roads are being
built. Under this favorable condition of
affairs American capital is flowing into
the country, where it is amply protected
by law, and valuable concessions granted
for public improvements. A bank-the
first in the country-has just been estab-
lished by Americans at Truxillo.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23
WOMAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
A Merciful "Oueen.n

Miss Celeste Stauffer, one of the lega-
tees under the Tilden will, was Queen of
the Carnival in 1885. Admiral Jouett,
of the flagship Tennessee, which was an
chored at New Orleans during the Carni-
val, rendered reception to the royal
party. When Miss Stauffer arrived on
board, the gallant Admiral asked Her
Majesty to name request and he would
grant it. Bring your prisoners to me"
said Miss Stauffer. The offenders were
brought up in irons. Miss Stauffer turned
to them and said: You are free" The
men cheered the fair Queen for her gra-
cious act and then she made the grim
Admiral Duke. When Miss Stauffer
left the Tennessee a salute was fired and
the yards manned.-Neio York World.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23

bly, from what they were formerly. Since
the rage for roses began, a dozen years
ago, it is safe to say that nine-tenths of
the whole bulk of flowers used are roses.
These are largely used in making up bou-
quets, baskets, and all kinds of floral Or
nsments for the table, and, in a majority,
these are made up exclusively of roses,
while for corsage bouquets little else is
used in winter, and these often contain as
many as two dozen roses of one color. In
the fall and early winter months chrysan-
themums are perhaps used to a greater ex-
tent than any other flower. In the
months of November and December,
nearly every other well-dressed lady to be
met with on the fashionable streets of
New York, is found wearing corsage of
bouquet of chrysanthemums, and from
their great range of color almost every
shade of dress can be matched except
blue. All roses are now used with long
stems; in fact, since the use of loose
punches of flowers has come in vogue, re-
placing to great extent the formal bou-
quets and baskets, flowers of nearly all
kinds that can be cut with long stems, are
so gathered. One of the present fashions
of using flowers for decoration of rooms is
to select colors of flowers to match the
furniture; thus, if the furniture is pink,
the flowers used are, as far as possible, of
that color; if of orange or yellow, flowers
of yellowish tints are used; if of crimson,
the flowers as near to that color as possible
are employed, and so on.
Designs of every imaginable descrip-
ton are now made of t1owers-shields,
rainbows, canopies (under which the mar
riage ceremony is performed,) etc. A
well-known florist of New York informed
me that he has received 5000 for the floral
canopy supplied for the marriage of the
daughter of one of New York's best
known citizens, and the flowers used for
the decoration of rooms in all, footed up
5000. These are rare occasions, how
ever though $500 and 81, coo are not I'M
usual The flowers for the balls of the
Americas Club, of New York, in Tweed's
palmy days, often cost Sc, 600 for single
night.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23
How Mrs. Cleveland Shakes Hands

The informal and responsive manner in
which Mrs. Cleveland always receives her
guests invariably makes an impression
which can never be effaced from the
memory of those who have enjoyed a
glance of her laughing eye, her winning
smile and halfway advanced greeting
The geniality of the ensemble of her
mode of welcoming her guests has won
for it the playful characterization of
"The Mrs. Cleveland Shake" 1t is origi-
nal, graceful, cordial and captivating
Every guest during receptions as he en-
tiers from the Red Room into the au-
dience parlor is met by quick glance,
q half step forward, cordial extending
of the hand, slight inclination of the
body and lifting of the head, word of
welcome and a receding to original posi-
ton. The physical endurance required
for such excrtion, ranging by actual COM
putation far into the teens of the hun
dreds in single hour, may be imagined.
-IXashtngtOn Letter.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23

The once famous Cardiff giant has been
heard from again, after years of oblivion.
1t rcposes in lidless box at Ell Paso,
Texas, which serves as settee for the
idlers of that town. 1t appears that the
giant was carried to Ell Paso long while
ago by somcspeculative individuals whose
design it was to take him to Mexico and
bury him, with the ultimate view of resur-
recting him for the show business. Since
then he is said to have been sold for the
paltry price of 1872.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23

"Englishmen, Germans, Americans,
Frenchmen and Italians do not take
kindly to bull-fghts," says the Boston
Transcript. "Spaniards and their de-
scendnats delight in them. Englishmen,
Germans, Americans, Frenchmen and
italians make good soldiers, and Spaniards
| and Mexicans do not Perhaps this is not
y coincidence, but it certainly is sug-
'gestive of rare decadence, when people
enjoy a ghastly and cruel spectacl. in a
bull ring and shrink from battlefield"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23

truding teeth give them a peculiarly
sinister appearance.
The two-headed COW breathes and
smells with both heads, but her feed
ing is confined to one. The sacred
Burmese cattle eat common everyday
hay like their American contemporary,
and court a gentle scratching between
the eyes. Straw, hay, bran, cabbage,
carrots, all go down the red lane of
the $1,000 rhinoceros with seemingly
equal satisfaction to his nibs from the
Nile.-Neo York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23

The ruling passion is strong in death,
and also, it seems, in marriage, in Madame
Missions case. After her recent wedding
breakfast she said to u friend: 81 shall
not sing any more in public, and then.
added, hesitatingly, except perhaps
once in while, for charity" 1t was al
ways thus with noted singers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23

A MERGED Cali farmer has poisoned
over 10000 jack rabbits in the last four
years, and yet, in spite of the warfare
against them, they are increasing in num-
her, and are becoming veritablc plague
to the MERGED and Fresno farmers.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23

Hercules it was who, when lusty
little babe, stangled the serpent that
sought to crush him. That was well
enough for the ancients; but, in order to
see how far we are ahead of them, just
read this: edward Wells of Geneseo,
ILL.,, is wearing black eye given him by
his three-year old son."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23
Market Value Of Confederate Postage
Stamps.

All postage stamps issued by the Con-
federacy have a market value, whether
used or unused. The following table
gives the prices charged by dealers. They
usually pay from one-third to one-half of
the prices quoted for the same stamps:
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23
Rhyme and Reason.

He who takes paper,
And pays his bill when due,
Can live in peace with God and man
And with the printer, too.
Nashville IN C.> Courier.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1887-04-23
Fashionable Floral Designs.

+ Peter Henderson, reviewing the
changes in floral fashions, writes in the
american Agieulturist:
Fashions in flowers and the modes of
constructing designs nov vary corsidsfa-
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The California Travel.

1t has been generally known to the pub
lie that during the year past That
The Atchison, Topeka q Santa Fe
K. r. was not selling round trip excur-
sion tickets except to southern California
points. Their agents are now authorized
to make the announcement that The
Short Line" is again in the field aud from
this time forward is prepared to do ticket
excursion business to San Francisco and
Portland, Oregon tradition to southern
California points. allowing the purchaser
g choice of any of the different routes re-
turning TO Wichita or any of the cities up
on the Missouri river. Stop over privileg-
es allowed going and coming at any point
within the limit Of the ticket. Pullman
service from Wichita daily to California,
and Tree Tourist Sleeping car service. Upon
all main line trains these berths will be re-
served upon application at the union tick
ct office
The dates for these excursions are fixed
for Nov. Il and "a; Dec. l, S, Is, . and %
Tickets limited six months from date of
sale, $1,000 for the round trip 1j5tf